Originally posted by PippinTook
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f34/t295698.htmlThere's one 😕
Dear Pippin - how aptly named you are I realize that you are easily excited and not used to reading and such but PLEASE try to understand:
They have JUST announced that the legal debacle that was stopping any progress being made on the hobbit movie may have been cleared up. THAT was what my post is about.
I know your charming little nook here at KMC is filled with young people posting about the possibility of a Hobbit film: What i posted was NEWS about the LEGAL MESS being fixed to make it a real possibility.
feel free to PM me if you still dont understand that as i wouldn't like to take up any more space here in the thread.
Originally posted by PippinTook
http://www.killermovies.com/forums/f34/t295698.htmlThere's one 😕
See...we don't need your assistance...we are quite inclined to get our own news !
Originally posted by Mr Zero
I came into a forum to share some breaking news with my good buddies at the KMC because I'm a nice helpful chap...And I happened to say to anyone who might be reading that anyone who likes the movies and considers themselves a FAN of the LOTR is - in my view- deluded... because Mr Jackson made a bloody mess of the story.
Not my fault if you people are taking it personal - i was being general....
You insult my forum, you insult me..
It's common sense.. you come into a forum for the first time: "Ugh, I feel so filthy just being here... you don't have the slightest clue what the Rings trilogy is... shame on you for the traitorous fools you are.." and you expect us to kiss your feet for your old news ? 😐
Even if you don't find anything when you search, how is it that a newbie to the forum can be so absolute that there haven't been any threads on this?
I suggest you pack your attitude, and hurry back over to the "official site" where you came from, cuz this thread's closing, babe..
Originally posted by A.D. Skinner
See...we don't need your assistance...we are quite inclined to get our own news !
If you people honestly cant tell the difference between wishful rumor and actual news then every suspicion I ever had about the people who made the LOTR films a success has been justified in one swoop.
Bless you all in your warm fuzzy world. I'll check in later to see if you have kicked the blankets off in your sleep.
Okay folks...
To end all of this bickering...I went and did a little homework and here is what I have found.
'The Hobbit' Rights May Be Coming To New Line
[Mon July 19, 2004 06:23PM]
Peter Jackson may actually direct The Hobbit, the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Jackson has on many occasions expressed his interest in directing the sequel but due to legal issues of the rights to the J.R.R Tolkien being held by MGM and not New Line -- who made the recent trilogy.
Recently Variety reported that Time Warner who owns New Line is going to purchase MGM and so will share the rights with New Line, which in turn will help get the production get started on The Hobbit.
Now...according to our friends at CNN :
Sony's MGM bid hits 'complication'
The electronics and entertainment conglomerate is still in discussions to buy MGM for around $5 billion with partners Texas Pacific Group and Providence Equity Partners, but the two sides have been unable to hammer out an agreement.
Asked how the talks with MGM were going, Idei told Reuters: "There are some complications ... It's up to the MGM management now."
The deal to acquire MGM was seen as another step in Idei's vision of an interconnected world linking content with Sony's electronics devices, but some industry analysts have said the company should not engage in a bidding war for MGM.
Idei was in South Korea to attend a ceremony to mark the launch of Sony's liquid crystal display (LCD) joint venture with Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
Sources close to the negotiations have said Time Warner Inc. plans to put together a deal aimed at matching Sony's offer to buy MGM and its coveted 4,000-title film library, which includes the "Pink Panther" and "Rocky" movies.
Earlier this month, MGM's chief executive, Alex Yemenidjian, told a shareholders' meeting that additional "strategic alternatives" had emerged in the bidding for MGM, and the company would take its time to consider all proposals.
Sony executives have said it plans to take a conservative approach regarding its MGM bid. Sony's movie studio is riding high on the popularity of this year's blockbuster hit "Spider-Man 2," but it has not always been so successful.
Its purchase of Columbia Pictures in 1989 for $3.4 billion, which at the time was the largest acquisition by a Japanese firm, caused numerous headaches for Sony due to losses from elaborate spending budgets and box office duds.
Shares of Sony closed up 0.5 percent at 4010 yen in Tokyo, compared with a 0.46 percent rise in the benchmark Nikkei average. MGM shares closed down 0.48 percent at $12.51 on Wednesday in New York trade.
Time Warner is the parent company of CNN.
Nowhere has it said that Time Warner has won the bidding process to my eyes...and I do believe that talks are still in the works..therefore making it still a RUMOR !!!!
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